1925
Col.
2017
Col. (Ret.) Ted Crozier
October 27, 1925 — January 9, 2017
Col. (Ret) Ted Archer Crozier, Sr., age 91 of Clarksville, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2017 at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Madison Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Cliff Wright officiating. Burial with full Military Honors will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Friday, January 13, 2017 at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home and from 11 a.m. until the hour of service on Saturday at Madison Street United Methodist Church.
Ted was born October 27, 1925 in Meriden, CT. to the late Wesley Thomas and Flora Crozier. Ted retired as Colonel after 32 faithful years of service in the U.S. Army. He served as the first Aviator Chief of Staff 101st Airborne Division. In 1978, Crozier was elected and served two terms as Mayor of Clarksville.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 36 years, and the mother of his children, Mary Tom Wall Crozier.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Newhouse Crozier; sons, Judge Ted Archer Crozier, Jr. and his wife Ann Marie and Tom Crozier and his wife, Mary Dale; daughter, Kari Rassas and her husband, Mark; children by marriage, Vicki Ford, Drake Ford, and Jane Ford Roberts and her husband Walter; grandchildren, Allen Rassas, Tyler Rassas, Clair Crozier Lawson, Thomas Rassas, Lee Rassas, Mary Tom Crozier, Blake Crozier, Caroline Crozier, Mary Ryan Rassas, Martin Crozier, and William Hale.
His grandsons will serve as Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be BG (Ret.) Wendell Gilbert, Gen. (Ret.) Gary Luck, LTG (Ret.) Hugh Smith, Gen. (Ret.) Binnie Peay, Gen. (Ret.) John Wickham, Col. (Ret.) Tom Denny, BG Paul Bontrager, CSM (Ret.) Robert Nichols, CSM (Ret.) Darol Walker, Bill Harpel, Phil Harpel, and Jack Turner.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Ted and Mary Tom Crozier Scholarship Endowment c/o APSU P.O. Box 4177, Clarksville, TN 37044, Wings of Liberty Museum P.O. Box 2133, Ft. Campbell, KY 42223, or SAFE (Soldiers and Families Embraced) 812 Haynes Street, Clarksville, TN 37043.
Online condolences may be made at NaveFuneralHomes.com.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 14, 2017 at Madison Street United Methodist Church with Rev. Cliff Wright officiating. Burial with full Military Honors will follow at Greenwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2-8 p.m. Friday, January 13, 2017 at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home and from 11 a.m. until the hour of service on Saturday at Madison Street United Methodist Church.
Ted was born October 27, 1925 in Meriden, CT. to the late Wesley Thomas and Flora Crozier. Ted retired as Colonel after 32 faithful years of service in the U.S. Army. He served as the first Aviator Chief of Staff 101st Airborne Division. In 1978, Crozier was elected and served two terms as Mayor of Clarksville.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 36 years, and the mother of his children, Mary Tom Wall Crozier.
Survivors include his wife, Betty Newhouse Crozier; sons, Judge Ted Archer Crozier, Jr. and his wife Ann Marie and Tom Crozier and his wife, Mary Dale; daughter, Kari Rassas and her husband, Mark; children by marriage, Vicki Ford, Drake Ford, and Jane Ford Roberts and her husband Walter; grandchildren, Allen Rassas, Tyler Rassas, Clair Crozier Lawson, Thomas Rassas, Lee Rassas, Mary Tom Crozier, Blake Crozier, Caroline Crozier, Mary Ryan Rassas, Martin Crozier, and William Hale.
His grandsons will serve as Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be BG (Ret.) Wendell Gilbert, Gen. (Ret.) Gary Luck, LTG (Ret.) Hugh Smith, Gen. (Ret.) Binnie Peay, Gen. (Ret.) John Wickham, Col. (Ret.) Tom Denny, BG Paul Bontrager, CSM (Ret.) Robert Nichols, CSM (Ret.) Darol Walker, Bill Harpel, Phil Harpel, and Jack Turner.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Ted and Mary Tom Crozier Scholarship Endowment c/o APSU P.O. Box 4177, Clarksville, TN 37044, Wings of Liberty Museum P.O. Box 2133, Ft. Campbell, KY 42223, or SAFE (Soldiers and Families Embraced) 812 Haynes Street, Clarksville, TN 37043.
Online condolences may be made at NaveFuneralHomes.com.
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